American War Protestor Sets Himself on Fire
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Protester immolation virtually unnoticed
Staff and agencies
07 December, 2006
By ASHLEY M. HEHER, Associated Press Writer Sun Nov 26, 5:24 PM ET
CHICAGO - Malachi Ritscher envisioned his death as one full of purpose.
At 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 — four days before an election caused a seismic shift in Washington politics — Ritscher, a frequent anti-war protester, stood by an off-ramp in downtown Chicago near a statue of a giant flame, set up a video camera, doused himself with gasoline and lit himself on fire.
2006-12-08 11:33:16 · 8 answers · asked by WORD UP G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
One less looney lefty we have to worry about.
2006-12-08 11:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Protesting a war is certainly any American's right. Waving a banner or setting oneself on fire doesn't impress me much, though. It's not enough to disagree. You have to come up with a better way and get other people to agree that it is indeed better. If that's too much work, then maybe you shouldn't be waving a banner around either.
2006-12-08 11:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by rabid_scientist 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Everybody should have the right to say what they want to say, but that is very hard to do in United States. The now a day war is total waist of people's taxes, and innocent people die from both sides.
2006-12-08 11:47:24 · answer #3 · answered by hih 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This non event should remain unnoticed. The dude died for nothing, and no one. Ho Hum.
2006-12-08 13:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by rural diva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ritscher's son, who shares his father's name, described his father as a former alcoholic who had had issues with mental illness."
I think this really explains it all. It was mental illness, not martyrdom.
2006-12-08 22:21:40 · answer #5 · answered by Mutt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't really give a dam the dude was probably insane
2006-12-08 11:35:35 · answer #6 · answered by c_run123 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
and guess what, Jewish, and govt. controlled media didn`t have much to report.
2006-12-08 11:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by wiseguywisedude 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sucks to be him. (rather, sucked)
2006-12-08 12:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋